Of Human Hearts

• Movie

  Type

• 1938

  Year

• 1h 43m

  Runtime

• ★ 5.9

  Rating

• Drama

  Genre

This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who ministers to the human soul, while his son Jason yearns to be a doctor, helping people in the earthly realm. It is a rich story about striving for excellence, the tension of father-son rebellion, and the love of a mother that can never die.

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Cast

Walter Huston

Ethan Wilkins

James Stewart

Jason Wilkins

Beulah Bondi

Mary Wilkins

Gene Reynolds

Jason Wilkins as a Child

Guy Kibbee

George Ames

Charles Coburn

Dr. Charles Shingle

John Carradine

President Lincoln

Ann Rutherford

Annie Hawks

Leatrice Joy Gilbert

Annie Hawks as a Child

Charley Grapewin

Jim Meeker

Leona Roberts

Sister Clarke

Gene Lockhart

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